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The University of California-Davis has spent close to $50 million preventing the spread of covid on campus — and among residents and workers in the adjacent city of Davis.
Once a week, Lori Janich drives down the street from her office and partakes in an ongoing success story. Phone in hand to confirm her appointment, she strolls into the massive Activities and Recreation Center on the University of California-Davis campus, reaches a covid-19 testing station, swirls water in her mouth, spits into a tube, and leaves. Within a day, she receives her test result.
Through a joint city-university effort, a program set up at UC Davis has administered more than 740,000 free tests.
UC-Davis has spent close to $50 million preventing the spread of COVID on campus, and among residents and workers in the city of Davis. By most accounts, this town-gown experiment has paid off nicely.